Crash pad
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A crash pad may refer to any of the following:
- In climbing, it refers to a bouldering mat.
- Padded shorts, to protect the buttocks from injury during falls.
- Colloquially, it often refers to a house or other dwelling where a person rests. Historically, the term crash pad was hippy slang for a place to sleep listed in an alternative society network of addresses. The term was subsequently used in the punk subculture, particularly in reference to a place where touring bands could stay for free, often called a punk house.
- In the aviation industry, the term is used for temporary lodging for airline flight crews at their assigned base for crew who live in a city outside their base. Because they are assigned to the base and choose to live elsewhere, that lodging is generally at the expense of the crew member. A crash pad for Regional Airline crew could often be called a punk house.
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